Like a Version (EP)

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Like A Version
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Released1990
Genre Country rock
Length26:13
Label Rough Trade Records
Two Nice Girls chronology
2 Nice Girls
(1989)
Like A Version
(1990)
Chloe Liked Olivia
(1991)

Like A Version is a 1990 EP from Two Nice Girls, the group's second release. The EP included a rerelease of the band's best-known song from its debut album, the satirical "I Spent My Last $10 (on Birth Control and Beer)", and five covers. Joe Brown of The Washington Post praised the "quietly stunning, punningly titled EP," [1] and Patty Gettelman of the Orlando Sentinel gave it a four-star review. [2] Like a Version was named best Texas EP at the 1990-1991 Austin Music Awards. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Feel (Like Makin') Love" (Donna Summer/Bad Company cover)
  2. "Bang Bang" (Janis and her Boyfriends cover)
  3. "Top Of The World" (Carpenters cover)
  4. "Speed Racer" (Speed Racer TV theme song cover)
  5. "Cotton Crown" (Sonic Youth cover)
  6. "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)" (Gretchen Phillips)

Some printings have "Scottish Air & Quickstep" as track 6.

Personnel

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References

  1. "Singer-Songwriters Follow Vega's Road", The Washington Post May 4, 1990   via  HighBeam Research (subscription required).
  2. Review, Orlando Sentinel , August 17, 1990.
  3. 1990-1991: Best Texas Recordings, Austin Chronicle (accessed July 17, 2018).